Lachlan Nieboer

Lachlan Nieboer is an English actor and producer. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in Downton Abbey, Count Antonio Rossi in The Princess Switch: Switched Again [1] and Cpt. Charles Davenport in the film Into the White.

Lachlan Nieboer
EducationNew College, Oxford University; Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, Rome; Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
OccupationActor, Producer
Years active2007–present

Early life and education

He went to St. Paul's School and then read Classics at New College, Oxford.

He trained as an actor and director at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.

Career

Lachlan's first job out of drama school was the role of Capt. Jack Harkness's brother Gray in the BBC hit television series Torchwood.

Lachlan played Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in the second series of Downton Abbey.[2] He starred as Captain Davenport in the Norwegian feature film Cross of Honour (originally Into the White),[3] based on the incredible true story.[4] He played Dominic in Mike Figgis's suspense thriller Suspension of Disbelief.[5] He featured briefly as the lothario Ted in Fredrik Bond's Charlie Countryman opposite Shia LaBeouf and Aubrey Plaza. He has also worked on the English language French police television series Jo, opposite Jean Reno.

He has starred in the independent horror film The Unfolding[6] and Identicals,[7] a complex psychological thriller exploring the nature of identity, directed by BAFTA Award-winning director Simon Pummell. He starred in Trendy,[8][9] a thriller shot in East London, which premiered in competition at Raindance Film Festival 2017.

He played King Nikolas in Hallmark's Royal Hearts,[10] opposite Jim Brolin, and recently starred opposite Vikings star Alicia Agneson in upcoming WWII epic Little Kingdom.

In November 2020, he plays Count Antonio Rossi in the hotly anticipated sequel to Netflix hit The Princess Switch, starring Vanessa Hudgens, in The Princess Switch: Switched Again.[11]

Alongside his film and television work, Lachlan has worked at the National Theatre and in various fringe theatres in London[12] and New York.

Lachlan co-founded, trained and directed his own permanent theatre company, "Perennial", in an attempt to emulate and imitate the infamous 1930's American Group Theatre. Perennial was a collective of theatre artists committed to functioning as a permanent company in the 21st century.

In 2011-15, he starred in the Heineken "Sunrise" campaign[13] with Audrey Napoleon, and the Mercedes-Benz "Sound with Power" campaign, wearing the first ever full LED suit, alongside rapper Tinie Tempah.[14]

Personal life

He is a pianist and viola player.

He can speak Italian, French and Russian.

He studied Greats at New College, Oxford.

He is a keen cricketer, and played for the Blues with Oxford University Cricket Club, and the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. He currently plays cricket for the V&A CC, The Gaieties CC, The Actors CC, The Authors CC, and The Nomads.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Heartland Ryan McGonagle Short
2009 Vivaldi, the Red Priest Lord Brandon Perry
2012 Into the White Captain Charles P. Davenport
2012 Suspension of Disbelief Dominic
2013 The House and Everything James Short
2013 Charlie Countryman Ted
2015 The Unfolding Tam Official Selection - London FrightFest Film Festival 2015
2015 Identicals (Brand New-U) Slater Official Selection - L'Étrange Festival 2015

Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Performance in a British Feature Film

2016 Checkmate Dimitri Short
2017 Trendy Richard Allen Official Selection - Raindance Film Festival 2017
2017 Royal Hearts King Nikolas
2017 Baghdad in my Shadow Martin
2018 Little Kingdom Jack Kovac
2019 The Princess Switch: Switched Again Count Antonio Rossi

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Torchwood Gray 2 episodes: "Fragments", "Exit Wounds"
2011 Downton Abbey Lieutenant Edward Courtenay 1 episode: "Episode #2.2"
2013 Jo Alain Allanic 1 episode: "Place Vendôme"

References
  1. The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again | Official Trailer | Netflix
  2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11325138/Hugh-Bonneville-backs-campaign-to-save-Downton-Abbey-hospital.html
  3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1876277//
  4. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/a-movie-was-made.html
  5. Screen Daily https://www.screendaily.com/production/figgis-starts-shoot-for-suspension-of-disbelief/5037906.article]
  6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3477620/?ref_=ttmi_tt
  7. https://www.darkhorizons.com/casting-stevens-kidman-nieboer-seydoux/
  8. Trendy, The 730 Review https://www.the730review.co.uk/2017/09/27/trendy-raindance-review/
  9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5455426/
  10. "Royal Hearts". Hallmark Channel. 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. Princess Switch: Switched Again 2020
  12. A Yorkshire Tragedy, White Bear Theatre https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/doctor-faustus-a-yorkshire-tragedy-stratford-circus-london-white-bear-london-1871934.html]
  13. https://www.adsoftheworld.com/media/film/heineken_sunrise
  14. New Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
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